SCHOOL COMMITTEES - Auckland & Waikato districts April 1903

ARATAPU
• ANDERSON
• BALL
• Arthur James BECK, Minister of the Church of England and Vicar of Northern Wairoa and districts, was born at Wellington in 1869
• Thomas COBBALD
• Horace HAMMOND, C.E., Engineer to the Hobson County Council, was born in London in 1862, and educated in Brisbane and Auckland
• Thomas WEBB, J.P., Coroner, was born and educated in Staffordshire. In 1863 he came to New Zealand by the ship “Gertrude,” and engaged in farming on the Kaipara. His father, Mr. Thomas S. Webb, was coroner before him
• Alfred Robert WELHAM, Auctioneer, was born in London in 1858 and in 1882 came to New Zealand in the ship “Akaroa,” landing in Dunedin


ARDMORE
• Henry HENDERSON - Chairman
• W. P. BAIRD
• George BELL
• Daniel BRISBANE
• D. P. BURNSIER (?)
• Samuel McCULLOUGH
• Herbert Arthur MULLUN


BIRKDALE
• John HADFIELD - Chairman
• J. G. KAY
• W. J. McCULLAGH
• John LOWE
• T. OSMOND
• T. M. SHEPHERD


BOMBAY
• W. K. CORNTHWAITE
Rev F. B. DOBSON
James EVANS
D. MacKENSIE
J. N. SAWYER
Two additional appointments remain to be made by the Education Board


BUCKLAND
• George BALLARD - Chairman
• Robert BILKEY
• Mark CLAYTON
• John HARTLAND
• John JEFFRIES
• Robert JOHNSTON
• Henry WILCOX


CAMBRIDGE
• George DICKENSON - Chairman
• C. W. ARNOLD
• F. J. BROOKS
• J. H. EDWARDS
• J. FERGUSON
• James HALLY
• M. P. McDERMOTT
• B. SAVAGE
• T. WELLS


DRIVING CREEK
• The old committee (?) were re-elected, with Mr John REILLY as Chairman and Mr H. P. HORNIBROOK as Secretary


HENDERSON
• Thomas McKAY - Chairman
• Hedley Augustus BUSCOMB(E)
• John CANTWELL
• A. T. HOLT
• Edward H. HOLT
• George PIRRIT
• Charles SMITH


HUNTLY
• Edward Septimus WIGHT - CHAIRMAN, Manager of the Taupiri Coal Mine, was born in Sunderland, England, in 1863
• W. ELLISON - Secretary & Treasurer
• Charles GLEESON, Baker and Confectioner, Great South Road, Huntly. Established in 1889
• Charles HAILWOOD
• Noah HARRY, one of the Engineers in charge of the Coal Pumping Department of the Huntly Railway Station was born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1852
• Henry Roper PORTER, Engineer in charge of the Machinery at the Taupiri Coal Mines, was born in Auckland in 1866
• E. B. SHEERAN


KIRIKIRI
• T. A. COOPER - Chairman
• W. COMER
• F. GIBBONS
• H. HAWKINS
• P. O'HARA
• George G. PAUL
• P. WATENE


MERCURY BAY
• F. MEIKLE - Chairman
• H. WHEELER - Secretary
• D. BRYCE
• T. KELLY
• P. McCARTHY
• SMITH
• WILSON


Mount ROSKILL
• C. BAGLEY - Chairman
• HAYR - Secretary
• BOYD - Treasurer
• HERD
• HILL
• KINLOCH
• PARTRIDGE


NGARUAWAHIA
• William James PADDY - Chairman, (1868-1954) Blacksmith, Ngaruawahia. The business was established in 1883 by William's father. William was born in Queensland & arrived in Auckland 1874
J. W. BALL - Secretary
A. BOOTH jnr
F. E. GOLDSBURY
M. O'CONNOR jnr
D. O'LEARY
A. J. SIMMELHAG


OHINEWAI
• W. MOONEY - Chairman
• J. AUSTEN
• E. FOSTER
• A. NEIL
• G. SILVESTER


OMAHU, Cormandel
• J. McCASKILL - Chairman
• S. BAX
• J. A. BELL
• A. F. DODSON
• W. ELLIOTT
• George PORTEOUS
• George TILSLEY


PAPAKURA
• E. FITZPATRICK - Chairman
• Alexander BELL
• John M. BRUCE
• Joseph GLANVILLE
• Robert MASSEY
• Benjamin PATON


RAMARAMA
• W. SHARPE - Chairman
• W. H. ALLEN
• H. DONAHUE
• G. McDOWELL
• G. STEWART
• A. TOWNSEND
• G. F. WALLIS


RANGIRIRI
• J. McINDOE - Chairman
• F. FOSTER
• W. HOOTEN
• A. SCOTT
• W. H. JURY


RUSSELL
• C. F. BAKER - Chairman
W. C. ANDERSON
William Edward FLOWERDAY
S. LUSH
G. T. POOLE
T. R. WILLIAMS
W. J. WILLIAMS


SWANSON
• John METTAM - Chairman
• Charles James McENTEE, jnr
• William MEEKLE
• John W. TAYLOR
• Thomas J. TIERNEY


TARARU, Thames
• Samuel DABB - Chairman
• C. BARKER
• F. BENNETT
• F. CHALLIS
• Albert Edward POULGRAIN
• F. SHAW
• Robert WILSON


Te AROHA
• Rev C. ABERNETHY - Chairman
• Rev E. M. COWIE
• ANNAN
• HILL
• McINDOE
• McINMAN
• SHERLOCK


Te RAHU
• T. FRY - Chairman
• R. BROWNE
• J. POLLARD
• W. TAYLOR
• J. WEAL


TITIRANGI
• William T. BISHOP - Chairman
• Thomas S. ARMSTRONG
• James ATKINSON
• John Joseph BISHOP
• James M. EDDOWNEY
• John MATHESON
• Thomas MATHESON


TUAKAU
• E. C. FROST - Chairman
• J. R. ALLPORT
• J. COLLINS
• C. DROMGOOL
• J. DROMGOOL
• L. McGUIRE
• J. POLAND


WADE
• FOSTER - Chairman
• BAYES
• BRUNTON
• CREER
• A. JACK
• LEES
• ROBERTS


WAIUKU
• C. T. BARRIBALL - Chairman
• A. M. BARRIBALL
• G. BENNETT
• J. HENFLING
• John LOWE
• A. MAY
• S. T. ROSSITER


WHANGARATA
• James Russell PIRRIT - Chairman
• Thomas C. MAYS - Treasurer
• Samuel James RESTON - Secretary
• Charles E. BINNEY
• James A. BURNS
• Peter GRANT
• James McNALLEY


WOODHILL
• Charles TARRANT - Chairman
• Hector FRAZER
• John H. FULTON
• Francis OSBORNE
• Richard PENGELLY
• Leonard R. PHILIPS
• Poata URUAMO


PHOTO
William James PADDY, Blacksmith in Ngaruawahia
- taken from NGARAUWAHIA from NZETC